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Adelphi Staffing
Buena Vista, Colorado

Licensed Professional Counselor-Candidate

CounselorIncludes callNo weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$50/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 41m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Adelphi is seeking Licensed Professional Counselor Candidates (LPC) to provide services at correctional facilities in Buena Vista, Colorado. The ideal candidates will provide professional mental health services to inmates to include formal and informal mental health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions.

Job Quick Facts

  • Ref #: BD-505-02
  • Profession: Allied Health
  • Specialty: Licensed Professional Counselor-Candidate
  • Location: Buena Vista, CO
  • Facility Type: Correctional facilities
  • Shift Schedule: four 10-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM–5:00 PM, with a working lunch
  • Job Type: Contract
  • Rate: $50

Requirements

  • Active Colorado License as a Licensed Professional Counselor-Candidate

Responsibilities

  • Provide group, brief, and individual therapy.
  • Provide crisis intervention to include participation in 24 hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation.
  • Assures both emergency and non-emergency transfer for inmates experiencing acute mental health needs.
  • Provide clinical direction to non-clinical staff in mental health care and treatment of inmates.
  • Assures accurate Information System mental health needs levels, including Psychiatric and Developmental Disability needs level codes.
  • Assures continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referral and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, and facilities.
  • Document both handwritten and electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate mental health records.
  • Monitor inmate treatment, listen to inmate concerns and provide counseling and direction.
  • Promote the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control.
  • Inform supervisor of any violations of safety and security through the report writing process.
  • Work effectively with fellow medical staff and treatment team members.
  • Any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Group therapyTreatment planningReferral management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Professional Counselor-Candidate at Adelphi Staffing a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Counseling — ranked against 679 active Mental Health Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 34% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$104k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $101k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution31 jobs · 23 employers

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$110k-125k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 23 employers

401k / retirement match
84%
CME allowance
44%
PSLF eligible
36%
Sign-on bonus
28%
Loan repayment
20%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.6
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 679 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • On-site
  • Includes call

Living in Buena Vista

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$691k
Typical market rent
$1,625/mo
Residents’ average commute
14 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.